Series of Time — Watch School by Smiths Boutique

SERIES OF TIME

Watch School by Smiths Boutique — the story of watchmaking, from the first shadow on stone to the watch on your wrist. A cinematic documentary series, free to watch.

مدرسة الساعات من سميثس بوتيك — حكاية صناعة الساعات، من أول ظلٍّ على الحجر إلى الساعة على معصمك. سلسلة وثائقية سينمائية، مجانية للمشاهدة.

Series Intro | مقدمة السلسلة

The journey begins — three thousand years of timekeeping in twelve seconds.

تبدأ الرحلة — ثلاثة آلاف سنة من قياس الزمن في اثنتي عشرة ثانية.

12 sec · Episode 1.0

Episode 1.1 — The First Clocks: How Humanity First Measured Time | أولى الساعات

Sun, shadow, water and sand — how the Egyptians and Greeks told time long before the first gear ever turned.

شمسٌ وظلٌ وماءٌ ورمل — كيف عرف المصريون والإغريق الوقت قبل أن يدور أول ترسٍ بزمن.

90 sec · Sundials · Water clocks (clepsydra) · Hourglasses

Episode 1.2 — The Mechanical Leap: From Tower Clocks to the Pocket Watch | القفزة الميكانيكية

The escapement, the mainspring, Huygens' balance spring — and the 400-year reign of the pocket watch.

الميزان والنابض الرئيسي ونابض هاوكنس — وأربعمئة سنة من حكم ساعة الجيب.

90 sec · Escapement · Mainspring · Balance spring (1675)

Episode 1.3 — The Wristwatch Is Born: A Countess, a Pilot and a War | ولادة ساعة اليد

A countess in 1868, a pilot over Paris in 1904, and the trenches of WWI — the true story of how the watch reached your wrist.

كونتيسة عام ١٨٦٨، وطيّار فوق باريس عام ١٩٠٤، وخنادق الحرب العالمية الأولى — القصة الحقيقية لوصول الساعة إلى معصمك.

90 sec · Patek Philippe 1868 · Cartier Santos 1904 · Trench watches

Quick Answers | أسئلة سريعة

Who made the first wristwatch?

The earliest known wristwatch was a gold bracelet watch created by Patek Philippe in 1868 for Countess Koscowicz of Hungary.

Why is the Cartier Santos famous?

In 1904, Louis Cartier created a wristwatch for aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont so he could read the time while flying — widely regarded as the watch that made wristwatches fashionable for men.

What was the first clock in history?

The oldest known timekeepers are Egyptian shadow clocks and water clocks (clepsydras), used more than 3,000 years ago — long before mechanical clocks appeared in 13th-century Europe.

Why did men start wearing wristwatches?

World War One. Officers strapped watches to their wrists because reaching for a pocket watch in the trenches cost precious seconds — after the war, the wristwatch became standard for men.

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